2000 US Coins: Values & Mintages

US coinage in 2000

The golden Sacagawea dollar was introduced, made of manganese brass over copper.

New this year: the Sacagawea Dollar.

How many coins were made in 2000

Counting the circulation issues on this page, US mints struck 28,093,444,500 coins dated 2000 across 20 issues. That is 28% more than in 1999 (21,930,025,000). In 2001 the figure fell to 19,401,459,500.

No earlier year on our list comes close: it was the largest output up to that point.

By mint: Denver 15,446,338,000 (55%, up from 11,052,401,000) and Philadelphia 12,647,106,500 (45%, up from 10,877,624,000).

2000 coins by denomination

Cents: 14,277,420,000 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Lincoln Memorial Cent, up 23% on 1999. The scarcest is the 2000 (5,503,200,000) and the most plentiful the 2000-D (8,774,220,000).

Nickels: 2,355,760,000 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Jefferson Nickel, up 3.4% on 1999. The scarcest is the 2000-P (846,240,000) and the most plentiful the 2000-D (1,509,520,000).

Dimes: 3,661,200,000 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Roosevelt Dime, up 2.8% on 1999. The scarcest is the 2000-D (1,818,700,000) and the most plentiful the 2000-P (1,842,500,000).

Quarters: 6,470,932,000 struck in 10 circulation issues of the 50 State Quarter, up 46% on 1999. The scarcest is the 2000-D New Hampshire Quarter (495,976,000) and the most plentiful the 2000-P Virginia Quarter (943,000,000).

Half Dollars: 42,066,000 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Kennedy Half Dollar, up 115% on 1999. The scarcest is the 2000-D (19,466,000) and the most plentiful the 2000-P (22,600,000).

Dollar Coins: 1,286,066,500 struck in 2 circulation issues of the Sacagawea Dollar, up 3009% on 1999. The scarcest is the 2000-D (518,916,000) and the most plentiful the 2000-P (767,150,500).

Every 2000 circulation issue at a glance

• 2000-D Kennedy Half Dollar: 19,466,000 struck, more than 59% of the series' 116 issues, up from 10,682,000 in 1999.
• 2000-P Kennedy Half Dollar: 22,600,000 struck, more than 67% of the series' 116 issues, up from 8,900,000 in 1999.
• 2000-D New Hampshire Quarter: 495,976,000 struck, more than 86% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2000-D Sacagawea Dollar: 518,916,000 struck, more than 98% of the series' 46 issues.
• 2000-D Massachusetts Quarter: 535,184,000 struck, more than 87% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2000-D Maryland Quarter: 556,532,000 struck, more than 88% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2000-D South Carolina Quarter: 566,208,000 struck, more than 89% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2000-P Massachusetts Quarter: 628,600,000 struck, more than 92% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2000-D Virginia Quarter: 651,616,000 struck, more than 93% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2000-P New Hampshire Quarter: 673,040,000 struck, more than 96% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2000-P Maryland Quarter: 678,200,000 struck, more than 97% of the series' 100 issues.
• 2000-P South Carolina Quarter: 742,576,000 struck, more than 99% of the series' 100 issues.

The 8 more plentiful issues are listed in the tables below.

Lincoln Memorial Cent: Close AM, Wide AM and the 1995 doubled die

From 1993 circulating cents were made with the Close AM reverse while proofs used the Wide AM style. A few business strike cents from 1998, 1999 and 2000 were struck with the Wide AM proof reverse. These are scarce varieties worth checking with a magnifier. The 1999 Wide AM is the rarest of the three.

The 1995 doubled die obverse, with clear doubling on LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST, was found in large numbers in circulation and is the best known variety of this period. Output stayed huge. Denver struck more than 8.7 billion coins in 2000, the highest annual figure in that mint's history. Uncirculated red coins are abundant, but plating flaws and spots keep the very top grades scarce.

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Jefferson Nickel: Matte finishes and the final original Monticello years

Special matte finish nickels were made for collector sets in 1994 and 1997. The 1994-P came in a Jefferson coin and currency set marking his 250th birthday, while the 1997-P came in a set honoring the U.S. Botanic Garden. The 1997-P matte is scarce, with only about 25,000 made. Output climbed past a billion at each mint in 1999. Denver struck 1.5 billion in 2000.

Demand eased after 2000. Production fell to about 440 million at Philadelphia and 383 million at Denver in 2003, the last year of the original Schlag design before the Westward Journey series. Coins from these years are abundant. Full steps examples are generally easier to find than for earlier dates. San Francisco proofs show deep mirrors with frosted designs.

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Roosevelt Dime: Silver proofs and the 1996-W

Silver proof sets returned in 1992, so collectors could once more buy proof dimes struck in 90 percent silver at San Francisco alongside the clad proofs. In 1996 the Mint marked the dime's 50th anniversary by placing a West Point dime with a W mint mark in each uncirculated set. About 1.46 million were made, the lowest mintage dime of the 1990s apart from the proofs.

Circulation demand peaked in 1999, when Philadelphia alone struck more than 2.1 billion dimes. From 2005 the dimes in uncirculated sets carried a satin finish that sets them apart from business strikes, a detail worth checking when sorting coins removed from sets. Dimes of this era found in pocket change are usually lightly worn clad pieces with their outer layers intact. Proof dimes from both the clad and silver sets of these years survive in large numbers.

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Kennedy Half Dollar: Eagle reverse and dwindling demand

The eagle reverse returned in 1977. Halves saw little use in commerce and mintages fell into the tens of millions, then lower. The 1982 Philadelphia issue includes a variety missing Gasparro's FG initials from the reverse. In 1987 no halves were made for circulation; the 2,890,758 coins from each mint went only into uncirculated sets.

Silver proofs in 90 percent silver returned in 1992. A 1998-S matte finish silver half, 64,141 struck, was sold in a set honoring Robert F. Kennedy and is one of the scarcest modern Kennedys. Circulation strikes of this period often show bag marks from handling in large bags. Well-preserved examples of the low mintage dates, such as 1987, are worth seeking. The 1999 Philadelphia run of 8.9 million was also small.

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Sacagawea Dollar: The golden dollar and the soaring eagle

The Sacagawea dollar launched in 2000 with a large publicity push, including dollars handed out through a cereal promotion and at a national retail chain. Philadelphia and Denver struck well over a billion coins that first year. People liked the gold color but kept spending paper dollars and the coins piled up in bank vaults.

From 2002 the Mint stopped shipping Sacagawea dollars for general circulation and sold them to collectors in rolls, bags and sets instead. That is why mintages drop from hundreds of millions in 2000 and tens of millions in 2001 to a few million a year after that and why later dates from these years are rarely found in change. Uncirculated coins with bright, untoned color are the ones collectors want.

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